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Uhhh... can you actually explain your view of C2 to me, again?

Are we still the merchant who takes the mask off when he goes back to the locker room? Because that is how I picture my B2 right now.

As I understand it, B2 does not exclude the mask... does it?

 

Huh, didn't realize that Tigranes was talking about B there. My bad. Thought he was asking about C. You will only buy a mask in C.

 

Alright, bros, I think I might have misjudged what was written.

I want Jing to be an amiable persona that he is and befriend other pugilists to milk them for information for what''s it worth.

I do not want, however, to show our face in public, risking to find Rong Muben among the spectators. Don a mask when you go out in the open, take it off when you are in the locker room.

C2 in these circumstances behaves the same way B2 does, and does not carry that risk. We'll still be the merchant where it counts.

Flopped to C2.

 

Yeah, that was my understanding too. Probably I messed up somewhere. Let's get this crystal clear:

B2 = No mask anywhere. We participate as Merchant's Son, face bare, in tournament and locker room. We go with humble not-very-good dude.
C1 = Mask everywhere. We participate as Zhang Jue. We sow confusion and probably disavow merchant's son identity.
C2 = Mask in tournament. We participate as Wild Pig, but are willing to mask off in the locker room to socialise. We say the mask is for nerves.

That is why I am saying: I like C1, but if you guys want no-risk anonymity, go with C2, not B2.

Nevill It took long enough but glad to see we can actually communicate

 

The problem in going with C is that we are basically forfeiting all possible locker room interactions. The people that don these masks seem to be shunned, so I don't see us getting many chances to chat people up. But our current alias, he has already made some named friends in one sect and met fighters of the others. People backstage will be far more likely to talk with us.

 

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XenomorphII and everyone else, for the ultimate TL,DR:
C2 = wear mask in arena so our face is not exposed (e.g. to Rong Muben), retain merchant persona in locker room. Spin reason for mask to nerves.
B2 = exactly the same benefits, but we show our face to the world

 

Yes, if people know who we are, which we'll ensure they do, they won't have a reason to shun us. We'll be known by our current alias inside and as a Wild Pig outside. As most of the interaction we want to be doing is inside, it is a fair trade-off for safety.

We might miss on meeting with Cao'er or even Xiahou, but that might turn out to be a GOOD thing.

 

Using our masters name would surely be a dishonourable thing in this world, and considering this tournament is only for young people and we don't have his build, would surely be seen as a affront by most involved.

 

And where does C2 use our master's name?

 

Or it could just unlock a special lucky bonus event where Zhang appears in Luoyang on a whim to see if his disciple is participating.

 

Zero Credibility, Grimgravy, Kashmir Slippers, Baltika9,

From what I've seen of your posts, they do not appear to be contrarian to the purposes of C2. They were opposing C1. Can you consider flopping?

For that matter, Kipeci, how about it? Since you was pondering over flopping to B2.

 

I don't think it will play out that well. We are too scared/nervous about to show our face in the tournament, even though we had the balls to walk up to the guy that everyone thought was the Maniac's Apprentice and have a chat with him. That will raise suspicions.

 

Ever heard of fear of public appearance? Doesn't have anything to do with balls. It is your first time, they'll understand.

 

A fair point. But if so, how is B2 going to be any better with this? If we were pegged as naive or foolish for approaching the farmer, C2 will synergise well; if we were pegged as foolhardy and Having Mucho Balls, then we will be under scrutiny during the touranment whatever we do, with the added problem of showing our whole face to the world. So B2 doesn't increase our chances at locker-room socialisation either way.

 

B2

 

In a Pig's Mask. Under his name.
Lucky indeed.

 

Anyone have a tally?
Anyway, I don't think C will work, simple as that: someone, somewhere will get inquisitive and decide to look into us. Moreover, how will we explain the appearance of the merchant's son that didn't enter the competition in the fighters' private are? Tell them we have stage fright while using Zhang's name, for real? Because that's the C option that's winning.

Or draw attention to the crazy guy who is the same height and build as us, who then suddenly disappears at the backstage? And you think no one will get curious?

 

Baltika9, I had this problem with not exactly reading other posts carefully, thinking only of C1. Honestly, had I not came to the same conclusion on my own, I would have probably missed it after having read it 5 times in a row, because Tigranes did write it that much already.

We go and participate as a merchant. We, the amiable merchant, Master Guan, will be the one to participate openly. All other fighters will know our face. They'll know us personally. Then we'll say we are nervous and that we need the mask. Not to hide from them - they'll know you anyway. You won't be using Zhang's name. You will use a random alias. Hell, you can use your own false name, Guan.

The point is to hide your face from the public, that you won't be socializing with anyway. Our identity as a merchant won't be a secret from the pugilists. There is no need to draw anyone's attention anywhere, no need for anyone to look into us, because we won't hide anything.

 

Baltika9, once again...

I know this is so but hey, I don't want the vote to be decided by misunderstandings.

 

Calm down, Tigranes. You never know how hard it is to understand what you've read 5 times already until you experience it yourself.

 

Uh, so what's the point then? Who gives a fuck about the audience? If we're openly going as Guan, then we'll be pulling our punches anyway and people won't be thinking about us so why the pointless theatrics?

 

If there is Rong Muben among the spectators, rest assured, he will be thinking of you.

Or Xiahou Yu might come up to you and congratulate Master Jing on escaping Zhang's clutches. He is that daft.

 

No, he won't be after two years at a random tournament, he'll be thinking about the people his students will be fighting. Also, Songfeng isn't likely to attend, we know he hasn't challenged any schools once in ten/twenty years. I don't see why that would change now, especially after losing his most prized student and beloved son.

 

Not a random tournament - the most fierce competition for youths in years.

Maybe because something changed in his life and shook him out of his comfort zone? Do you think he still meditates in his room as if nothing happened? Maybe now that his son is gone, he devoted his attention to the school.

Look, what do you stand to lose from this theatrics with a mask? Now think about what do you stand to lose by having your name exposed. And linked to the Killer Physician.

 

Now you're assuming and panicking too much: shit, what if the Abbess decides she doesn't trust us after all and reveals our presence? Or Zhang suddenly shows up and wants us to win? WHAT THEN?
Anyway, none of his students under twenty would be skilled enough to be sent off, no one grows that fast under such a harmonious and docile Master. Muben is no Zhang. And whose to say he didn't retire even more from daily events, crushed by his son's execution. This is not the Shulgi we're looking for. I'm on a smartphone, can anyone oblige with a tally?